News stand



-c. A. KALLNBACH oct. 21 .1924. 1,512,694

.NEws STAND 'Filed Dec. -2-5. 1921 2 sheets-snm. -1

Egg/ 1 lig/ L2 Oct' Z1 1924' c. A. KALLNBACH NEWS STAND Filed Dec. 23 1921 2 SheetsfSh00\ 3 Patented Oct. 21, 1924.

UNITED STATES CARL A. KALLNBACH, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

NEWS STAND.

Application filed December 23, 1321.

. To all whom may concern Be it known that I, CARL A.. KALLNBACH, a citizen of the Republic of Germany (who has declared his intention of becoming a citizen of the United States), and a resident of the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a News Stand; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the acicompanying drawings, and to the numerals of reference marked thereon, which form a part of vthis specification.

This invention relates more particularly to an improved type of combination news stand and advertising booth wherein a cabinet is provided with a plurality of advertising doors and windows, with a swinging stool and with news paper racks adapted to be pushed into the sides of the cabinet or drawn therefrom into projected positions for use permitting a person to occupy the interior of the cabinet if desired.

It is an object of this invention to provide a news stand having projectable vnews racks and advertisement holders divided into various sized advertising spaces adapted to be rented out.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a news stand/having slidable news paper racks which, when extended for use out of the sides of the news stand, permit a swinging chair to be swung outwardly from the interior ofthe news stand into a position for use on the exterior of the news stand.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a news paper and magazine stand having doors and windows provided with auxiliary glass doors adapted to be opened to permit advertising matter to be inserted in advertising spaces provided for the purose.

p It is an important object of this invention to provide an advertising news stand of effective construction to permit news papers and magazines to be carried in slidable racks, the outer side walls of which are adapted to serve as the lower side walls of the news stand whenv the same is closed to serve as an advertising means only.

Other and further important objects of this invention will be apparent from the disclosures in the specification and the accompanying drawings.

The invention (in a preferred form) is ilserial no. 524,350.

lustrated in the drawings and hereinafter Figure 3 is a horizontal section taken on line 3 3 of Figure l showing both news paper racks extended and the stool in its inner position.

Figure 4 is a vertical section taken on line 4 of Figure 1 showing the operation of the upper front doors or windows in dotted lines.

Figure 5 is an enlarged section taken on line 5 5 of Figure 1.

Figure 6 is an enlarged fragmentary detail section taken on line 6 6 of Figure 2 howing the operation of the stool in dotted mes.

Figure 7 is an enlarged fragmentary detail section taken on line 7 7 of Figure 3.

Figure 8 is a detail section taken on line 8 8 of Figure 7.

As shown on the drawings:

The improved news stand comprises a cabinet or booth 1 having mounted on the top thereof a plurality of advertising boards 2. The cabinet has a stationary upper back wall 3 on the inner surface of which a shelf 4 is provided for supporting papers and magazines. Hingedly mounted on the outer surface of the rear wall 3 are false doors 5 and 6 adapted to carry advertising signs which are removably engaged behind glass plates. rlfhe lower rear portion of the cabinet is provided with a hinged door 7 having a false glass door S hinged thereon for carrying advertising signs. The lower front portion of the cabinet 1 is provided with a hinged door 9, having false'glass'door 10 for carrying advertising signs. The upper front portion of the cabinet is provided with hingedly connected doors 11 and 12 connected by friction hinges to permit adjust@ ment of the same, as illustrated in dotted lines in Figure 4. The doors l1 and 12 are respectively provided with hinged false glass doors 13 and 14. The false door 13 is divided by a framework into a plurality of advertising spaces 15. The false door 14 has only one large advertising space, but may be arranged to have more if desired. Hinged across the front of the cabinet above the lower front door 9 and below the door 12 is a door 16 provided with a hinged false glass door 17 for holding advertising matter. The door 16 is adapted to drop outwardly into a horizontal position to afford a shelf, as shown in dotted lines in Figure 4.

The upper portion of each side of the cabinet is closed by a stationary wall having hinged thereto an advertising door 18 the framework of which divides the door into a number 'of advertising spaces 19 and 2O surrounding a window 21 having a mirror 22 in the middle thereof.

Pivotally supported in one of the front corners of the cabinet 1V is a curved bracket 23 on which a chair or stool 24 is pivot-ally supported. VThe bracket 23 and the stool 24 are adapted to be swung from the position shown in Figure 3 out through one end of the cabinet, as illustrated in dotted lines Ain Figure 6.

Slidably mounted in the lower portions of the sides of the cabinet 1 are two news pa er racks comprising outer side walls 25 which, when the racks are in their inner position, serve as the lower side walls of the cabinet 1. An advertising door 26 ishinged to each side wall 25. Each rack also embraces a back Wall 27, an inner side wall 28 and a top wall 29. Inclined partitions or shelves 30 are provided in each rack for supporting news papers.- The front of each rack is provided with cut out front boards 31 and with hinged shields 32. The outer side'of each rack has legs 33 while the inner side has short legs 34 on which rollers 35 are supported.` The rollers 35 are adapted to track on the floor or bottom 36 of the cabinet. The inner side wall 28 of one of the racks is cut away to afford an opening 37 to permit the stool 24 to be swung out of the cabinet through the opening above the lower front board 31 of said rack when the rack is in its outer position as shown in Figures 3 and 6.

When the news paper racks are pushed into the cabinet the side walls 25 of-said racks close the openings in the lower portions of the cabinet side walls. The cabinet thus affords 4an ideal advertising medium since the front, back and the sides are all arranged to hold a plurality of different advertisements behind the glass of the various false doors. lEach of the false doors may be arranged to accommodate one or more advertising signs. The various advertising spaces may be rented out, thereby netting the owner 'a substantial income.

When the cabinet is opened for use as a news stand the racks are pulled out of the sides of the cabinet into the positions shown inV Figure 3. The shields 32, which are hung by means of friction hinges, may be moved into open position las shown in Figure 5 or upwardly into a vertical position out of the way to permit access to the news papers on the rack shelves 30. With the racks in their projected positions the stool 24 may be swung outwardly through the openings in the rack at that side of the news stand into a position for use on the exterior of the cabinet. The front door 16 may be moved outwardlv into the horizontal dotted line position of Figure 4 to serve as a magazine shelf or counter. The hingedly connected front doors 11 and 12 may be drawn inwardly or extended outwardly as shown in Figure 4, thereby opening up the front of the cabinet to afford access to articles on the inner shelf 4. In bad or rainy weather when the news stand is located in the open, the doors 11 and 12 may be used as a rain shield when the front of the cabinet is open. The rack shields 32 may also be positioned in an inclined plane, as illustrated in Figure 5, to serve as rain shields when necessary. The news stands may be used in railroad stations or within other buildings as well as out of doors. By opening the lower front door 9 a person may enter the cabinet when the racks are out. The stool 24 may then be swung into the position shown in Figure 3 to permit the person in the cabinet to sit down. The windows 21 in the sides of the cabinet permit light to enter the cabinet and also permit a person within the cabinet to watch the news paper racks at the sides of said cabinet.

I am aware that numerous details of construction may be varied through a wide range without departing from the principles of this invention, and I therefore do not purpose limiting the patent granted otherwise than necessitated by the prior art.

I claim as my invention:

1. A news stand comprisino' a cabinet, and news paper racks therein rhaving rollinr engagement with the cabinet and adapted to be projected out of the sides thereof in opposite directions.

2. A news stand comprising a cabinet, roller supported news paper racks slidably engaged therein adapted to be drawn outwardly in opposite directions into positions for use, and shields pivotally mounted on the front of said racks to protect the. papers therein.

3. A news stand comprising a cabinet having openings in the sides thereof, and news paper racks having rolling en agement with said cabinet adapted to c ose said openings when the racks are in their innermost position.

4. A news stand comprising a cabinet, news paper racks slidably engaged therein adapted to be pulled outwardly into posi- CiY tion for use, and rollers on said racks having rolling contact with the cabinet.

5. A news stand comprising a cabinet, news paper racks therein, legs on the outer sides of said racks, and rollers on the inner sides of said racks adapted Ato roll on the bottom of the cabinet when said racks are slidably adjusted with respect to said cabinet.

6. A news stand comprising a cabinet, news paper rack-s therein having long legs and short legs, rollers on said short legs adapted to roll on the floor of said cabinet when the racks are drawn from said cabinet into a position for use, and shields adjustably mounted on the front of said racks adapted to be adjusted to protect the contents of said racks.

7. A news stand comprising a cabinet having openings in the sides thereof, news paper racks in said cabinet, rollers on said racks having rolling contact with the cabinet to permit the racks to be moved Outwardly away from one another ythrough said openings into position for use.

ln testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CARL A. KALLNBACH.

Witnesses FRED E. PAESLER, VJAMES M. OBRIEN. 

